Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] NTFS Support for RedHat 9 (Shrike)

[Richard R. <nt...@fl...>]

Hi Szaka,

> > I've just released NTFS RPMs for RedHat 9 (Shrike).
> 
> BTW, what's the point distributing the old, broken and unmaintained NTFS
> driver instead of the new, correct and maintained one what Mandrake, Gentoo
> and others use?

Because I *cannot* compile the new driver into their kernel and make it
work.

To backport the new NTFS driver to 2.4 involves changing code outside
the ntfs code dir.   If I were to do this the module would not with
the redhat kernel.

So most users have the choice: the old driver or no support at all.

>    Red Hat said technical and legal issues currently prevent NTFS support.

I've talked to several RedHat technical folk.  They don't see any
problems with using NTFS.  Without breaking into a long rant, there's
not much else I can say.

Cheers,
  FlatCap (Rich)
  nt...@fl...

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